Leaving Mother Lake

A Girlhood at the Edge of the World

by Yang Erche Namu

by Christine Mathieu

The haunting memoir of a girl growing up in the Moso country in the Himalayas–a unique matrilineal society. But even in this land of women, familial tension is eternal. Namu is a strong-willed daughter, and conflicts between her and her rebellious mother lead her to break the taboo that holds the Moso world together–she leaves her mother’s house.